Anglican Communion News Service - Central America

Bishop of the Anglican Church of El Salvador victim of an assassination attempt

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:23:00 GMT

The Episcopal Church of El Salvador denounces before the general public and the international community the murder attempt that Bishop Barahona and two of his closest collaborators suffered. This past Wednesday night (17th), Bishop Barahona, along ... [More]

Declaration of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of the Central American Region (IARCA)

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:23:00 GMT

Peace and hope to the Churches of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the Provinces of the Anglican Communion. We, the Bishops that make up The Anglican Church of the Central American Region (IARCA) gathered in Managua, Nicaragu... [More]

An open letter from the Most Reverend Mart?n Barahona

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:45:00 GMT

"To my colleagues, the Primates of the Great Anglican Communion; to my sister and brother bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America; and to the bishops and other clergy and lay leaders of our beloved Province of the Central... [More]

Statement of the Episcopal Church of Guatemala

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:11:00 GMT

Statement of the Episcopal Church of Guatemala on the participation of the Central American Primate in Gene Robinson’s consecration

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El Salvador celebrates women's month

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:27:00 GMT

San Salvador

With the celebration of a forum entitled "Women in the ordained ministry" and other activities, the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador honoured the Salvadoran women during the month of October.

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Installation of Bishop Martin Barahona

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:52:00 GMT

Please remember in your prayers this weekend the people of the Anglican Church of the Central American Region [Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama], IARCA, as they install their second Primado Elegido, the Rt Revd Martin Barahon... [More]

Rest in Peace

Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:35:00 GMT

The Rt Revd Cornelius Joshua Wilson, Bishop of Costa Rica.

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Communiqu? from the Anglican Church of Mexico

Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:25:00 GMT

11 June 2002 As it is well known through different channels, we have discovered a shameful mismanagement of funds in the dioceses of Northern and Western Mexico, which has led us to a grave crisis as an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion.... [More]

Funds misused in the Anglican Church of Mexico

Fri, 07 Jun 2002 16:12:00 GMT

For years many responsible Episcopalians were concerned that a lack of adequate financial controls made the millions of dollars that the church disburses annually overseas vulnerable to theft, and it would appear that in the Anglican Church of Mexico... [More]

El Salvador Earthquake

Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:16:00 GMT

We had not woken up from the earthquake of February 13th yet when suddenly, a tremor of 6.6 on the Richter scale hit us on Saturday 17th at 2:24 in the afternoon. A telluric movement with different characteristics and with epicenter on the south of t... [More]

New earthquake rocks El Salvador

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:55:00 GMT

Crying, pain, suffering, anguish, desperation: Tuesday February 13 at 8:22 a.m. time of El Salvador, exactly after a month from the earthquake of January 13, a strong telluric movement of 6.6 in the scale of Richter hit our country again, affecting m... [More]

Letter from Bishop Mart?n Barahona, El Salvador

Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:02:00 GMT

10 days have passed after the earthquake that has desolated our country. I can say that Salvadorans are now waking up from this horrible nightmare; we begin to look at everything with more calm and we find 98 municipalities of the national territory ... [More]

Letter from Bishop Mart?n Barahona, El Salvador

Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:35:00 GMT

This is the second official statement from Bishop Martín Barahona to the members of the Episcopal Church in El Salvador, in the Central Region of America, in the United States and in other places of the world, to all our friends.

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El Salvador Earthquake

Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:30:00 GMT

This report is the result of an emergency committee raised from the clergy and diocesan personnel.... As of today, our congregations have not reported deaths but only damages of infrastructure, and of course, the psychological damage we all have expe... [More]

Anglicans affected by earthquake in El Salvador

Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:27:00 GMT

While the people of El Salvador continue to dig out from a disastrous 13 January earthquake, living in fear of additional aftershocks, authorities are trying to assess the damage.

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